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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-02-27
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[01] ANDREAS JACOVIDES - LAW OF THE SEA - CYPRUS
[01] ANDREAS JACOVIDES - LAW OF THE SEA - CYPRUS
The existing legal framework within which Cyprus makes its moves, with
regard to the exploration and exploitation of possible oil and natural
gas deposits in the sea south and west of the country, is a very strong
and useful tool for the government of the Republic on which to base its
arguments in any likely recourse to international arbitration through
legal means, Ambassador Andreas Jacovides believes, an expert in the
Law of the Sea Convention who led the Cypriot team that negotiated and
signed, on behalf of the Republic, the Convention.
In an interview with CNA, he said that if the matter is taken before an
international court, Cyprus has powerful legal points and arguments to
put forward, and he went as far as to indicate that should this happen,
perhaps it could set a precedent for the settlement of certain aspects
of the Cyprus question, through legal means, adding that Cyprus legally
sound case is founded on the Convention and on its provisions that have
acquired the force of customary law.
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